Deadlines, reading, and focus sessions, scored on the same rubric as everything else here.
Students should start free: Goblin Tools for assignment breakdown, Flora for group study focus, Structured free tier for the timetable. Focusmate free sessions cover crunch weeks. Paid upgrades that earn it are ranked below.
Every score on this page comes from the same published rubric. how we score
| App | Score | Verdict | Taps | Price | Litmus |
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| Goblin Tools | 83 | KEEP | Not yet measured | $ |
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| Flora | 75 | KEEP | Not yet measured | free + optional stakes |
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| Structured | 79 | KEEP | Not yet measured | $ to $$ |
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| Focusmate | 79 | KEEP | n/a (session-based) | free tier + $ |
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| TickTick | 80 | KEEP | Not yet measured | $ |
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| one sec | 81 | KEEP | Not yet measured | $ |
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Paste "clean the kitchen" and Magic ToDo breaks it into steps, with a spiciness dial for how granular you need it. Near-free, no account required on web, zero setup. It is a toolbox, not a system: pair it with a planner. The best first download on this page.
Forest's free cousin with group planting and optional money stakes.
The cleanest visual timeline planner on iOS, now cross-platform. Less neurodivergent-specific than Tiimo, faster to start, gentler on the wallet. If Tiimo feels like too much app, start here.
You book a session, a real person shows up on video, you both state a goal and work. Show-up mechanics do what streaks never did. The free tier covers a few sessions a week; the paid tier is cheap for what it replaces. Awkward for the first ten minutes, effective after.
The strongest conventional to-do app for ADHD use: fast capture, built-in Pomodoro, calendar view, and a price that undercuts rivals. Less opinionated than everything above, which is either freedom or homework depending on your brain.
Adds a breathing pause before distracting apps open. The friction is the feature: most opens are impulses, and a short delay kills a surprising share of them. Cheap, and among the rare blockers with published research behind the mechanic.
Paste a scary task, get steps, with a dial for how granular you need it.
83/100 · $ · Not yet measured
Forest's free cousin with group planting and optional money stakes.
75/100 · free + optional stakes · Not yet measured
The cleanest visual timeline planner: tasks and calendar on one line of the day.
79/100 · $ to $$ · Not yet measured
Book a video session with a stranger; you both state a goal and work.
79/100 · free tier + $ · n/a (session-based)
To-do, calendar, and a built-in Pomodoro timer, priced under everyone.
80/100 · $ · Not yet measured
A forced breath before distracting apps open; the pause kills the impulse.
81/100 · $ · Not yet measured
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Goblin Tools. Paste the assignment brief, set the granularity dial, and start on step one instead of the whole thing.
one sec for daily impulse control; Opal when you need scheduled hard blocks in the final two weeks.
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